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Show 1883.] BIRDS O F T H E ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 39 Not uncommon on the highlands covered with thorny brushwood, where I obtained my specimens. [Mr. White's specimens are decidedly of this species, of which I have examples from the Rio Negro (Hudson, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 460) and the Sierra de Cordoba (Boring, P. Z.S. 1879, p. 460).] 9. CNIPOLEGUS HUDSONI (Scl.). cf. Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., June 19, 1882. Iris dark brown. This bird was shot amongst the tolerably thick-wooded and lofty mountain-slopes, where I found it frequenting the topmost tree-twigs and darting thence at passing insects. [Not examined by P. L. S.] 10. AN^ERETES PARULUS (Kittl.). cf . Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., June 26, 1882. ?• „ „ „ June 23, 1882. Iris dark. In the thick brushwood near the river I found this little bird not uncommon. 11. CYANOTIS AZAR^E (Naum.). cf. Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., Sept. 22, 1882. 2 . La Plata, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Nov. 10, 1882. Iris sky-blue. These pretty little birds frequent in considerable numbers the rushes on some lagoons near La Plata. They skip from reed to reed about a foot above the surface of the water, all the while uttering a peculiar creaking little note, much resembling that of the cricket. At Cosquin, however, I obtained only one specimen ; and that was on the river. 12. SYNALLAXIS STRIATICEPS (Lafr. et D'Orb.). cf. Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., June 19, 1882. 2- » » July 25, 1882. Iris brown. This species is common amongst the woods on the mountainside. [Not examined by P. L. S.] 13. SYNALLAXIS SORDIDA (Kittl.). cf. Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., Aug. 9, 1882. ?. „ „ June 15, 1882. The abode of this bird seems to be the highlands, where it loves to frequent small shrubs and brushwood, into the deepest shade of which it penetrates. When startled, its flight is quick and dipping from one bush to another, uttering meanwhile a pretty trilling cry. [Mr. White's specimens belong to this species, and not to S. humicola as he had supposed.-P. L. S.] |
